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Indian Air Force Museum, Palam
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The Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, is the museum of the Indian Air Force, and is located at the Palam Air Force Station in Delhi, India. Entrance to the museum is free, the museum was the only one of its kind in India until the unveiling of the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa in 1998. The Museum entrance features a display gallery that contains historic photographs, memorabilia, uniforms. The gallery leads to a hangar exhibiting small aircraft and Air Force inventory like anti-aircraft guns, vehicles, larger aircraft are exhibited outside the hangar. This outdoor gallery contains aircraft that also displays several war trophies, radar equipment, the Vintage Aircraft Flight services some rare aircraft and maintains them in an airworthy condition. These aircraft are not open to the public for viewing. Large transport aircraft are stored on the apron of the due to lack of space. These aircraft are displayed only on the annual Air Force Day, the Museum also has a small souvenirs corner

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Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum
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The Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum is a digital multimedia museum established in 2005. It is located at Gandhi Smriti, formerly Birla House, the site where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated, the Museum presents historical records of Gandhi’s life, and aims to revive and redefine the values by which India obtained freedom. The project is an initiative of the Aditya Birla Group and Gandhi Smriti Darshan Samiti and it is supported by Grasim and Hindalco, and developed by the Sacred World Research Laboratory. The Museum was inaugurated on April 14,2005 by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and it embellishes the life of Gandhi in rhythmic with photographs, paintings, film footage, and video clips. A collection of over 40 exhibits shows the intersection of modern tactile computing, the Project won the ID Magazine New York award for its design contributions. A mobile version of the travels to different states of the country

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Ghalib Museum, New Delhi
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Mirza Ghalib Museum, New Delhi is a museum on the life and times of the 18th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, under the aegis of the Ghalib Academy, New Delhi. The museum is situated in the vicinity of the tomb of the 13th century Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin, the museum is housed on the third floor of the Ghalib Academy building. It was formally declared open by the 3rd President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain on the occasion of the Ghalib Centenary on 22 February 1969, the museum presents pictures of Ghalibs residences, food habits and attires of the poet and his times. There are seals, coins dating to the era, Postage stamps. Paintings of renowned artists like those of M. F, Hussain, Satish Gujral, Anis Farooqui are some of the main attractions of the museum. Ghalibs poetry calligraphy and other based on Ghalib’s poetry are also on display. The mausoleum of Mirza Ghalib is just next to the Academy building and it lies in the attached courtyard of the building just on the way to the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin. The Humayuns Tomb is also at a distance from the museum

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National Museum, New Delhi
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The National Museum in New Delhi, also known as the National Museum of India, is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art and it functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The museum is situated on the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road, the blue–print of the National Museum had been prepared by the Gwyer Committee set up by the Government of India in 1946. The Museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, covering over 5,000 years, the roots of the National Museum begin with an exhibition of Indian art and artefacts at the Royal Academy in London in the winter of 1947-48. At the end of the London exhibition, the curators had decided to display the same collection intact in India before returning the artefacts to their individual museums. The Indian exhibition was shown at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in 1949, on 15 August 1949, the National Museum was formally inaugurated by the then Governor-General of India, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. At that time, it was decided that until a permanent home could be found for the collection, it would continue to be housed at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The cornerstone of the present museum building was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, on 12 May 1955, today, the Museum is administered and funded by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism. Presently, there are several departments in the National Museum, the Museum has in its possession over 200,000 works of art, of both Indian and foreign origin, covering more than 5,000 years of the rich cultural heritage of different parts of the world. The National Museum building has 2 floors and it has a rotunda around which the structure is based. The Museum has various artefacts from the Harappan Civilization also known as Indus Valley Civilization or Indo- Saraswati, the whole collection of this gallery represents the advanced technology and sophisticated lifestyle of the Harappan people. Most of the objects on display are permanent loans from the Archaeological Survey of India, apart from these the gallery has Sculptures in Bronzes & Terracotta, Bone Objects, Ivory, Steatite, Semi-Precious Stones, Painted Pottery and Jewellery items. Many seals have been discovered during numerous excavations and these seals were probably used for trading purposes. These seals depict bulls, elephants, unicorns, tigers, crocodiles, on one of the seal, there is the depiction of Pasupati The gallery presents the vibrancy of human civilization in India at par with the contemporary civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. Among the artefacts, the most significant is the Dancing Girl which is a 4.5 inch bronze statue, the name Dancing Girl was coined by Sir John Marshall. It is made by the Lost Wax Method, the Chola bronzes and the Dhokra castings are still made this way. The gallery has objects from the 4th century BCE to the 1st century BCE and it has objects spanning three major dynasties, The Mauryas, the Shungas and the Satvahanas. Objects in the gallery have Greek influence characterized by the mirror like finishing, the gallery also houses fragments of railings from various ancient Stupas that are carved on with episodes from Buddhas Life

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National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum
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The National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum commonly known as National Crafts Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest crafts museums in India. It is run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, the museum is situated on the corner of the Pragati Maidan, facing the Purana Qila complex. By the 1980s it already had a collection, and in time the museum space gradually evolved and transformed into its present shape. Various galleries within the museum include the Tribal and Rural Craft Gallery, Gallery of Courtly Crafts, the museum is popular for an exhaustive collection of textiles. The entire village complex is a remnant of an exhibition on the theme of rural India. Today several traditional craftsmen in residence at the museum, can be working in a designated area within the museum complex. Apart from the collection, the museum houses Research and Documentation facilities, a library, a conservation laboratory, a photo laboratory. It is open from 9.30 am to 5 pm and it is accessible through Pragati Maidan Delhi Metro Station. The Crafts Museum has on display part of its permanent collection in its galleries of Bhuta Sculpture Gallery, Tribal & Folk Art, Ritual Craft Gallery, Courtly Craft & Textiles Gallery. The Village Complex also has open walls along the corridors & passages which are used as the canvas to display the traditions of several tribes of folk artisans. New folk artists come in every month from different parts of the country to paint on the museums walls, Textile industry in India Museums ofIndia, National handicrafts and handlooms museum, New Delhi, by Jyotindra Jain and Aarti Agarwal. National Crafts Museum website Architectural study of National Crafts Museum building Museum layout Crafts Museum at Google Cultural Institute

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National Rail Museum, New Delhi
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The National Rail Museum is a museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi which focuses on the rail heritage of India it opened on the 1 February 1977. It is located in over 10 acres of land with both indoor and outdoor exhibits, a toy train offers rides around that site on regular days. Museum remains open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Tuesday to Sunday. Museum remains closed on every Monday and National Holidays, the Indoor Gallery is now fully renovated and opened to the public. MUSEUM FARES WILL BE REVISED FROM 27/12/2016 Patiala State Monorail Trainways and this unusual train is based on the Ewing System, and connected Bassi with Sirhind. This was designed by Col. Bowles, the unique train system consists of a track of single rail. This mono track, the wheel are run while one big iron wheel at other side to balance it. This train as built by Orenstein & Koppel of Berlin and this train ran till October 1927. In 1927, the line was closed with advent of better and faster modes of such as cars. Somehow, an engine and Chief Engineers inspection car escaped being sold as scrap, in 1962, the remains of Patiala State Monorail Trainways was discovered by a railroad historian Mr. Mike Satow. Thereafter, one engine was restored to working order by the Northern Railway Workshops at Amritsar. They also reconstructed the Chief Engineers private inspection car on an old underframe, the two are now in running condition after being restored and are on display at National Rail Museum, New Delhi. Fairy Queen, the worlds oldest working locomotive in operational service. Fire Engine, Morris Fire Engine was built by the famous fire engineers M/s, john Morris and Sons Ltd of Salford, Lancashire in 1914. Only two Morris-Belsize fire-engine are known to exist in world today, apart from the one with National Rail Museum, New Delhi, a 1912 model is preserved by the Enfield and District Veteran Vehicle. The fire engine preserved at the Enfield and District Veteran Vehicle, Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, Clay Hill, thus, the fire engine at National Rail Museum is the only one left in the world running on solid rubber tyres. Saloon of Prince of Wales, this saloon was built for Prince of Wales for his visit to India, saloon of Maharaja of Indore, This is saloon of Holkar Maharaja of Indore. Saloon of Maharaja of Mysore, This is personal saloon of Maharaja of Mysore, the saloon is designed using teak, gold, ivory, etc. Electric locomotive 4502 Sir Leslie Wilson, This 1928 WCG-1 locomotive belonged to the Great Indian Peninsular Railway and it is one of Indias first generation 1, 500V DC electric locomotives

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National Science Centre, Delhi
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The National Science Centre established in 1992, is a science museum in Delhi, India. It is part of the National Council of Science Museums, a body under Indias Ministry of Culture. It stands close to Gate no 1, of Pragati Maidan overlooking the Purana Qila, the National Science Centre is the northern zonal headquarters of the National Council of Science Museums. The first Science Museum under this Council, the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum came up on 2 May 1959 at Calcutta, thereafter another Museum, the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum was opened in Bangalore in 1962. Dr. Amalendu Bose, a chemistry graduate at that time, was recruited by Dr. B. C. Roy to commission the first Museum at Calcutta. Thereafter several smaller centres came up, but for two decades, there was a lull in the science museum movement in India. The coming to power of Rajiv Gandhi saw a fresh impetus for science popularisation, the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai came up as the third major Science Centre. With Rajiv Gandhi inaugurating the Mumbai Centre, the Science Centre movement embarked on a period of growth, with science centres opening in most state capitals of India. With Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai Centres functional, a need for a big Centre in the Nations capital in Delhi in the north was felt, and work started in earnest in 1984. It is open all seven days a week from 10,00 AM to 5,30 PM except on the Indian Festival days of Holi and Diwali, the building was designed by noted Indian architect Achyut Kanvinde. A special feature of the National Science Centre is its student visitors, while the world over, the ratio of student to general visitor ratio is about 0.3, almost 65% of the visitors to the National Science Centre are students. As these visitors assemble at the amphitheatre, they are given a brief. And as the visitors proceed further, the Centre opens up its treasures contained in six permanent halls full of interesting, an escalator takes them up to the first gallery on the third floor - Our Science and Technology Heritage. Indian Heritage in Science & Technology has a history of 4500 years. In ancient Sanskrit texts, we can find shades of twentieth century thinking, scientific ideas grew in Indian minds more than two thousand five hundred years ago. Concepts of matter, atomism and cosmic evolution were recorded for posterity and it was also in India that the concept of zero gained meaning. The present day numerals, Powers of ten, the rule of three, square root and cube root were worked out 1500 years ago and took 1000 years to reach Europe. This Gallery is the latest in the Centre and was inaugurated by the Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, next is a gallery on Human Biology - the miracle of Human Life

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Sanskriti Museums
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Sanskriti Museums are a set of three museums namely, Museum of ‘Everyday Art’, Museum of Indian Terracotta and Textile Museum. The museum was founded by, O. P. Jain in 1990, under the ageis of Sanskriti Foundation, the construction of present Kendra premises began in 1989. Next the Museum of Everyday Art established in 1984 contains items of everyday use, the foundation also runs Sanskriti Yatra workshops on cultural awareness for school children. Its three- month resideny programs is run residency programme in collaboration with UNESCO, Asia Link, museumologist Jyotindra Jain is trustee and Director of the Foundation. This Museum has over 1,500 objects of art, sculptures and figurines from the tribal areas of India. A showcase of the best of, and the most diverse of Indian textile heritage, Museums are open from 10 AM to 5 PM on all days except Mondays and Public Holidays. Sanskriti Museums, New Delhi Sanskriti Museums at Google Cultural Institute

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Gandhi Smriti
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Gandhi Smriti formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhavan, is a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, situated on Tees January Road, formerly Albuquerque Road, in New Delhi, India. It is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on 30 January 1948 and it was originally the house of the Indian business tycoons, the Birla family. It is now home to the Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum. The 12-bedroom house was built in 1928 by Ghanshyamdas Birla, sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi were frequent guests of the Birlas. During his final stay, Mahatma Gandhi stayed here from 9 September 1947 to 30 January 1948 when he was assassinated, jawaharlal Nehru wrote to Ghanshyamdas Birla seeking to turn part of the Birla House in to a memorial. Ghanshyamdas was rather reluctant to give up the house with associated memories, eventually KK Birla, sold the property to the Government for Rs 5.4 million and seven acres of urban land in exchange, which was considered a very profitable deal. Birla House opened for the public on 15 August 1973, renamed the Gandhi Smriti, the museum in the building houses a number of articles associated with Gandhis life and death. Visitors can tour the building and grounds, viewing the preserved room where Gandhi lived, Gandhi was shot during his prayers at the place where Martyrs Column now stands. The Martyrs Column now marks the place where Gandhi, the Father of the Nation was assassinated, the Gandhi Smriti or Birla House is located at 5 Tees January Marg, a couple of kilometres from the Connaught Place, one of the Central Business Districts of New Delhi. Outside the house stands a pillar that contains a swastika symbol, the prominence of the pillar means that it has been used as a visual example of the way the ethical meaning of the swastika symbol has changed in the West in the 20th century. The same pillar also contains the Sanskrit symbol for the meditation sound, Om. Gandhi Smriti – Government of India website

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National Gandhi Museum
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The National Gandhi Museum or Gandhi Memorial Museum is a museum located in New Delhi, India showcasing the life and principles of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum first opened in Mumbai, shortly after Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, the museum relocated several times before moving to Rajghat, New Delhi in 1961. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shortly after his death, collectors began searching India for anything of importance about Gandhi. Originally the personal items, newspapers, and books related to Gandhi were taken to Mumbai, in 1951, the items were moved to buildings near the Kota House in New Delhi. The museum moved again in 1957 to a mansion, in 1959, The Gandhi Museum moved for a final time to Rajghat, New Delhi next to the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum officially opened in 1961, on the 13th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhis assassination, the Gandhi Museums library is both a showcase for Gandhis work and a general studies library. The books are divided into two sections, those written by or about Gandhi and books on other subject matters, there are currently over 35,000 books or documents in the museums library. The library also has a collection of 2,000 periodicals in both English and Hindi chronicling the life of Gandhi, the National Gandhi Museum Gallery has a large number of paintings and personal items of Mahatma Gandhi. The Museum also displays some of Gandhis teeth and his ivory toothpick, in addition to the museums Gandhi based permanent collection, the museum also showcases other exhibits mainly dealing with the history of India. Most exhibits are based on Indian political leaders, and peace movements, eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum Gandhi Smriti Gandhi Memorial Museum at Madurai National Gandhi Museum, Official Site